The issue that we have to know is that blessings come with Faith, while kufr (the disbelieve) brings torment.

What is Barakah? Barakah is the attachment of Divine goodness to a thing, so if it occurs in something little, it increases it. And if it occurs in something much it benefits. And the greatest fruit of Barakah in all things is to use that barakah in the obedience of Allah (Subahanahu Wa Ta’ala).Allah says in surah Al-A’raf 96: And if only the people of the cities had believed and feared Allah, We would have opened upon them blessings (all the kinds) from the heaven and the earth; but they denied [the messengers, the truth] so We seized them for what they were earning.

And Allah says in surah At-Talaq 2-3: And whoever fears Allah – He will make for him a way out, and will provide for him from where he does not expect. And whoever relies upon Allah – then He is sufficient for him.

Meaning: Whoever has taqwa of Allah in what He has commanded avoids what He has forbidden, and then Allah will make a way out for him from every difficulty and will provide for him from recourses he never anticipated or thought about.

Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: “If only you relied on Allah a true reliance, He would provide sustenance for you just as He does the birds: They fly out in the morning empty and return in the afternoon with full stomachs. (Ahmad, An-Nasai, Ibn Majah, Al-Hakim and At-Tirmidhi)

Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: O people, Allah is good and He therefore, accepts only that which is good” (Scholars say this refers to Halal income and the importance of it).

A scholar also said of the one who eats Haram, that his limbs will disobey Allah whether he likes it or not, and that the one who eats Halal and seeks Halal income, his limbs will also do good and will be given the permission to seek goodness.

This concept of your limbs being ‘blessed’ and enabled to do good is truly a blessing and a barakah we should all seek. It reminds me of a story of an old man who jumped a large distance that the young men were unable to jump. When the young men asked the old man how he did it, he replied: These are our limbs: we protected them from committing sins when we were young, so Allah preserved them for us when we got old”.

Allah says in the surah Ibrahim 7: And [remember] when your Lord proclaimed, ‘If you are grateful, I will surely increase you [in favor] but if you deny, indeed, My punishment is severe.

Meaning if you appreciated My favor on you, I will give you more of it. So Allah is promising the person who thanks Him an increase in goodness and blessings, and Allah never breaks His promises.

The prophet Muhammad said in a hadith: A servant might be deprived of a provision (the was written for him) because of a sin that he commits.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “If anyone continually asks forgiveness from Allah, Allah will appoint for him a way out of every distress, and a relief from every anxiety, and will provide for him from where he did not reckon.